AI Spurs Agricultural Innovation but Faces Challenges Amid Funding Cuts

by Huiyan Li | Jun 4, 2025 | Business & Tech, Environment, Featured, Food, Topics

WASHINGTON––Emerging uses of AI are transforming innovation in agricultural chemicals, helping to increase food production. However, experts told a House subcommittee on May 20 that the core of AI-driven innovation happens at universities, which now face threats from...

Raising Taxes or Cutting Spending: House Budget Committee Argues Over Debt Crisis Fix

by Huiyan Li | May 15, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON –– Republicans and Democrats clashed on May 7 at a House Budget Committee hearing over how to address the nation’s mounting federal debt—whether to raise revenue through tax increases or cut spending on federal programs such as Medicaid. Both parties agreed...

DMV residents share thoughts on the economy 100 Days into Trump’s administration

by Huiyan Li | May 15, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

By Huiyan Li, Athan Yanos WASHINGTON–Following the 100th day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, polls showed that Americans were increasingly worried about their economic future. On Day 101, two Medill reporters set out across neighborhoods in the...

Advocates, professors, and diplomats tried to save Sub-Saharan Africa’s special trade relationship with the U.S

by Athan Yanos | Apr 24, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON –– Facing expiration of a law that provided beneficial markets for 2,000 products from African partners for 25 years, advocates, professors, diplomats and members of the US government strategize on ways to preserve economic cooperation with the US despite...

While some allies retaliate, Japan and South Korea try to appease Trump with new deals

by Huiyan Li | Apr 17, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – China, Canada and the European Union responded to new tariffs implemented by the U.S. with reciprocal measures, while Japan and South Korea are charting a different course, offering deals in an attempt to preserve their relationships with Washington. The...

Consumers can expect to pay more for Easter chocolates this year

by Athan Yanos | Apr 17, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON – As Easter Sunday approaches, chocolate businesses around the country have been preparing for what is typically one of the highest chocolate consumption periods of the year. Last year alone, Americans spent an estimated $3.1 billion on Easter chocolate.   ...